Donna's Fax of Medicare Rules and Documents

Donna offers to fax Medicare rules and other documents to President Bartlet from the Roosevelt Room during late-night bipartisan talks on Chesapeake Bay cleanup. Josh demands immediate transmission to support the deal. The fax serves as a logistical bridge amid Leo's revelation of five U.S. soldiers killed in a Kuhndu friendly-fire incident, heightening the room's urgency.

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Purpose

Transmit Medicare rules and supporting documents to the President for review

Significance

Enables rapid coordination of legislative materials during fragile negotiations, balancing political gains against emerging military tragedy

Appearances in the Narrative

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S4E19 · Angel Maintenance

Bipartisan Victory Meets Backlash — Landing Alert Interrupts the Fight

Donna offers to fax Medicare rules and other documents to the President while leaving the meeting; the fax is presented as a logistical tool to arm the President with briefing material and keep the political process moving despite the emergent aviation problem.

Before: In the Roosevelt Room, with Donna ready to send.

After: Donna intends to fax them up to Air Force One; status becomes 'in transit' or pending as she exits to act on the Andrews problem.

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S4E19 · Angel Maintenance

Kuhndu Friendly‑Fire: Human Cost Collides with Political Damage Control

Donna's fax (the Medicare rules/other documents) is offered as a concrete action to keep the Chesapeake negotiations moving while the plane circles; it represents the small, bureaucratic tasks that keep political deals alive amid larger crises.

Before: Queued to be sent from the Roosevelt Room/West Wing operations desk.

After: Planned to be faxed; action deferred only briefly as staff absorb the Kuhndu deaths and reallocate priorities.

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